Status:
COMPLETED
Exercise or Relaxation for Smoking Cessation
Lead Sponsor:
UConn Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Nicotine Dependence
Smoking Cessation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
45+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research study is being done to find out if adding a moderate exercise program or a relaxation program to a smoking cessation treatment program will improve smoking cessation and health in postme...
Detailed Description
Prevalence of smoking among women has declined more slowly in women than among men. Women who quit smoking substantially reduce the risk of premature death. A multi-modal approach to smoking cessation...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Postmenopausal women at least 45 years of age
- Smoking at least 10 cigarettes per day
- Motivated to quit smoking
- Ambulatory
- Currently exercising for 90 minutes of moderate exercise or less per week
- Motivated to exercise
- Permission from Primary Care Provider
- Good general health
Exclusion
- Denied medical clearance from primary care provider
- Unstable angina or uncompensated heart failure
- Systolic blood pressure greater than 165 or diastolic blood pressure greater than 100
- Heart attack or stroke within the preceding 6 months
- Hip fracture within the preceding 6 months
- Unstable medical or psychiatric disorder (e.g., current major depressive disorder or substance abuse or dependence)
- Exercise-exacerbated neuromuscular disorder
- Treatment for depression within the last year
- Estimated creatinine clearance of less than 30cc/minute
- Current use of a smoking cessation aid (i.e., bupropion, NRT, clonidine)
- Current use of psychotropic medication for a psychiatric problem
- Prescription narcotic abuse or dependence with the exception of people that have been stabilized on Methadone Maintenance or Suboxone
- Previous serious adverse event with Chantix use
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 29 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
301 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00921388
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
August 29 2017
Last Update
October 31 2017
Active Locations (2)
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1
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030
2
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455